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SouthBayDem

(31,961 posts)
Mon May 10, 2021, 01:33 PM May 2021

French soldiers accuse government of trying to 'silence' warnings of civil war

Source: The Guardan

Serving members of the French military have fired a second salvo at Emmanuel Macron’s government in an open letter accusing it of “cowardice, deceit, perversion”, just weeks after a first letter said the country was heading for “civil war”.

Like the first letter, it appears in the rightwing magazine Valeurs Actuelles. It was reportedly signed anonymously “by active military personnel” and is appended with a petition on the magazine’s website for others to sign.

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Signed by a number of retired generals as well as at least 18 serving soldiers, including four officers, the initial letter warned of the “disintegration” of France evoking what it called the “perils” of Islamic extremist and “the hordes from the banlieue”.

It also accused anti-racism groups of creating “hatred between communities” and cautioned that “lax” government policies could spark chaos requiring military action to “protect our civilisational values”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/10/french-soldiers-accuse-government-of-trying-to-silence-warnings-of-civil-war

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French soldiers accuse government of trying to 'silence' warnings of civil war (Original Post) SouthBayDem May 2021 OP
Putin must be having his best Monday ever. Probatim May 2021 #1
Oh please, get a grip. Percy May 2021 #2
Sound like some more sensationalist BS from a right-wing rag in France. Crowman2009 May 2021 #3
That is what I was thinking TheRealNorth May 2021 #4
You know you're bad when a key figure in Le Pen's party criticizes your racism rpannier May 2021 #5
French military leaders: NOT THE BEST RECORD OF BEING CORRECT!!! winstars May 2021 #6

Probatim

(2,457 posts)
1. Putin must be having his best Monday ever.
Mon May 10, 2021, 01:38 PM
May 2021

Hot on the heels of Brexit and helping with the Big Lie, he's tearing France apart.

TheRealNorth

(9,435 posts)
4. That is what I was thinking
Mon May 10, 2021, 03:24 PM
May 2021

Who knows if the letter was even written by active service officers.

Nonetheless, the letter is threatening sedition and treason, and that itself warrants the French government to raid the RW rag to determine if there is any truth to the letter and root out any traitors,, or if the paper is just trying to incite insurrection.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
5. You know you're bad when a key figure in Le Pen's party criticizes your racism
Tue May 11, 2021, 12:45 AM
May 2021

From the article talking about criticism of the ragazine across French political spectrum

"A similar refrain came from politicians from multiple parties, including the treasurer of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party."

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